JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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immigration restrictions placed on Catholics and Irish immigrants.
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the abolition of slavery that occurred with passage of the Thirteenth Amendment.
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the removal of 16, 000 Native Americans from their homes in the southeast to territories in the west.
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racism against German-Americans and Italian-Americans due to the fact that these were enemy countries in World War I.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy.
Detailed explanation-2: -For most of the middle part of the 19th century, the U.S. government pursued a policy known as “allotment and assimilation.” Pursuant to treaties that were often forced upon tribes, common reservation land was allotted to individual families.
Detailed explanation-3: -Indigenous people both north and south were displaced, died of disease, and were killed by Europeans through slavery, rape, and war. In 1491, about 145 million people lived in the western hemisphere. By 1691, the population of indigenous Americans had declined by 90–95 percent, or by around 130 million people.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the native peoples lose their land? Answer: After the expansion of the USA settlement, the natives were forced to move after signing treaties and selling their land.